WorksheetsPlate Tectonics/Earth Payers
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
2.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
3.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
4.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
5.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
6.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
7.
The hottest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
8.
The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the
a)
lithosphere
b)
crust
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
9.
The coolest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
10.
The thinest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
11.
The thickest layer
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
12.
The theory that states that the Earth is divided into plates that float and move in slow, constant motion.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Tectonic Plates
13.
Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
14.
There are 3 types of crust.
a)
True
b)
False
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